To Make a Moth
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Description summary:
The description varies based on your 
Autolepidopterist level.
| Autolepidopterist | Description |
|---|---|
| 0–19 | Would you like your own Tapestry-Moth? Of course you would – it is the crowning jewel of any great Burgundian family (or so says the Moth-Eaten Mortician). [...]
The problem of moth-husbandry is the ruinous expense. [...] [...] |
| 20 | The Moth-Eaten Mortician makes a performance of solemnity. "We are ready to weave the cocoon now. All that remains is my final fee." He cannot quite keep the glee from his eyes. "And for me to ask the question: are you ready to die?" |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Game Instructions: Actions in this storylet will increase your Autolepidopterist quality. Be warned: the cost and difficulty will rise as you go. This is not a profitable endeavour.
Unlocked with 
Acquaintance: The Moth-Eaten Mortician
Locked with 
Autolepidopterist 21
Storylet appears in 
Risen Burgundy
Autolepidopterist 0-11
Make dye from your aches and pains
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Wounds 5, 
1250 x Stuiver
Locked with Autolepidopterist 12
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 1 point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Each three points of
Autolepidopterist increases the base difficulty by 2 points.Success
Collected
You've gained 3000 x Silk Scrap
Wounds is dropping… (-10 CP)
You've lost 1250 x Stuiver
You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Inopportune timing
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Make dye from your fears and nightmares
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Nightmares 5, 1250 x Stuiver
Locked with Autolepidopterist 12
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 1 point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Every three points of
Autolepidopterist increases the base difficulty by 2 points.Success
Fears for the cocoon
- You've gained 3000 x Silk Scrap
Nightmares is dropping… (-10 CP)- You've lost 1250 x Stuiver
- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Excruciating
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Make pigment from your social missteps
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Scandal 5, 1250 x Stuiver
Locked with Autolepidopterist 12
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 1 point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Each three points of
Autolepidopterist increases the base difficulty by 2 points.Success
Virtue and indiscretion
- You've gained 3000 x Silk Scrap
- Scandal is dropping… (-10 CP)
- You've lost 1250 x Stuiver
- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Inopportune timing
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Make dye from your guilt and mischief
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Suspicion 5, 1,250 x Stuiver
Locked with Autolepidopterist 12
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 1 extra point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Each three points of
Autolepidopterist increases the base difficulty by 2 points.Success
Bleak
- You've gained 3,000 x Silk Scrap
Suspicion is dropping… (-10 CP)- You've lost 1,250 x Stuiver
- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Excruciating
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Autolepidopterist 12–13
Pulp your own good name
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Notability 5, 1,250 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist 12–13
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 15 (50% base) || 11 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 12 - high-risk (20%) || 13 - high-risk (30%) || 14 - tough (40%) || 15 - very chancy (50%) || 16 - chancy (60%) || 17 - modest (70%) || 18 - very modest (80%) || 19 - low-risk (90%) || 20 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 1 extra point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Success
Titled and entitled
- You've gained 3000 x Silk Scrap
- You've lost 1,250 x Stuiver
You've lost 1 x Notability- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Inopportune timing
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Autolepidopterist 14
Create a ducal dye
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Burgundian Beneficence 5, 5,625 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist exactly 14
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 16 (50% base) || 12 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 13 - high-risk (20%) || 14 - high-risk (30%) || 15 - tough (40%) || 16 - very chancy (50%) || 17 - chancy (60%) || 18 - modest (70%) || 19 - very modest (80%) || 20 - low-risk (90%) || 21 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 1 extra point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Success
For the crown
- You've gained 9,000 x Silk Scrap
- You've lost 5,625 x Stuiver
You've lost 5 x Burgundian Beneficence- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Inopportune timing
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Extract a rebellious dye
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Against Time and Kings 5, 5,625 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist exactly 14
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 16 (50% base) || 12 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 13 - high-risk (20%) || 14 - high-risk (30%) || 15 - tough (40%) || 16 - very chancy (50%) || 17 - chancy (60%) || 18 - modest (70%) || 19 - very modest (80%) || 20 - low-risk (90%) || 21 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 1 extra point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Success
For the cause
- You've gained 9,000 x Silk Scrap
- You've lost 5,625 x Stuiver
You've lost 5 x Against Time and Kings- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Excruciating
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Autolepidopterist 15
Create a pigment of absence
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Irrigo, 5,625 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist exactly 15
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 19 (50% base) || 15 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 16 - high-risk (20%) || 17 - high-risk (30%) || 18 - tough (40%) || 19 - very chancy (50%) || 20 - chancy (60%) || 21 - modest (70%) || 22 - very modest (80%) || 23 - low-risk (90%) || 24 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 1 extra point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Success
Omissions
- You've gained 3,000 x Silk Scrap
- You've lost 5,625 x Stuiver
Your 'Irrigo' Quality has gone!- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Excruciating
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Autolepidopterist 16
Affix the city's judgement in colour
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Judged by the Duchy, 5,625 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist exactly 16
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 21 (50% base) || 17 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 18 - high-risk (20%) || 19 - high-risk (30%) || 20 - tough (40%) || 21 - very chancy (50%) || 22 - chancy (60%) || 23 - modest (70%) || 24 - very modest (80%) || 25 - low-risk (90%) || 26 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed counts as 1 extra point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Success
Through the land's eyes.
- You've gained 3,000 x Silk Scrap
- You've lost 5,625 x Stuiver
- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Inopportune timing
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Autolepidopterist 17
Offer hues of all that you could have been, and are no longer
- Spoiler Unlocked with
10 x Memory of a Much Lesser Self, 
10 x Memory of a Much Stranger Self, 3,250 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist exactly 17
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 24 (50% base) || 20 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 21 - high-risk (20%) || 22 - high-risk (30%) || 23 - tough (40%) || 24 - very chancy (50%) || 25 - chancy (60%) || 26 - modest (70%) || 27 - very modest (80%) || 28 - low-risk (90%) || 29 and above - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed counts as 1 extra point of Kataleptic Toxicology.Success
Could-have-beens
- You've gained 9,000 x Silk Scrap
You've lost 10 x Memory of a Much Lesser Self
You've lost 10 x Memory of a Much Stranger Self- You've lost 3,250 x Stuiver
- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Failure
Excruciating
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Autolepidopterist 18
Provide a concentrate of purest self-assurance
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Concentrate of Self, 5,625 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist exactly 18
Success
Cutting-edge
- You've gained 9,000 x Silk Scrap
- You've lost 5,625 x Stuiver
You've lost 1 x Concentrate of Self- You've gained 1 x Autolepidopterist
Autolepidopterist 19
Ask what he means
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Autolepidopterist exactly 19
Success
Shallow graves and sunk costs
- You have received a grim truth. (Sets Autolepidopterist to 20)
Autolepidopterist 20
Offer a body that is you and is not
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Discordant Law exactly 1, 
Discordant Studies 1, 31,250 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist exactly 20
Success
Woven into the fabric
no law has been decreed (Removes 
Discordant Law)
Your 'Someone Following You' Quality has gone!- You've lost 31,250 x Stuiver
A Bringer of Death is increasing… (+1 CP)
You've gained 1 x A Metamorphosed Moth-Self- You are a cocoon for glory. (Sets Autolepidopterist to 21 - Cocoon for Glory)
Offer a substitute body, and the promise of your transformation
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Soothe & Cooper Long-Box, 
Wings of Change, 31,250 x Stuiver, Autolepidopterist exactly 20
Success
Woven into the fabric
You've lost 1 x Soothe & Cooper Long-Box
Your 'Wings of Change' Quality has gone!- You've lost 31,250 x Stuiver
- You've gained 1 x A Metamorphosed Moth-Self
- You are a cocoon for glory. (Sets Autolepidopterist to 21 - Cocoon for Glory)
